Conducting interdisciplinary research at UBC to promote health and well-being for all older adults living in British Columbia, across Canada & around the world!
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Joined September 2022
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🧠📱 How does social media shape brain health?
Join UBC's Dr. Julie Robillard for our virtual Leong Centres Lifecourse seminar on online health information and ethical research.
📅 Nov 19 | 11 AM PCT
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😴 Join us for the launch of our Fall 2026 #DialogueOnAging series!
Dr. Najib Ayas will explore how sleep changes with age, common sleep problems & practical strategies for better sleep.
📅 Sept 28 | 1–2:30 PM
📍 VanDusen | In person
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📢 Join our next #DialogueOnAging presentation!
What Matters to You? The Essentials of Advance Care Planning in BC Wallace Robinson (@ProvidenceHC).
📅 July 8
🕐 1–2:30 PM PT
💻 Virtual
🔗 Register: healthyaging.med.ubc.ca/even…
#HealthyAging
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This month's member spotlight shines on Dr. Trinidad Argüelles from Miami Dade College. geron.org/memberspotlight
Congratulations to ELCHA Investigator Dr. Mahmoud Pouladi on receiving a 2026 UBC Faculty of Medicine Distinguished Achievement Award for Overall Excellence – Mid-Career.
med.ubc.ca/news/faculty-of-m…
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💻On May 7, we partnered with @UBCAging to host a joint webinar on Stroke Across the Lifecourse, exploring how stroke affects individuals from childhood through adulthood & highlighting clinical insights and lived experiences of long-term care: youtu.be/r7e5n7N5EdA
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🎉 Now available! The Social Epidemiology Learning Series, developed jointly by the @LeongCentre & @UBCAging, covers key concepts, theories and methods used to understand and address health inequities.
Explore the series and share it with your networks: leongcentre.utoronto.ca/soci…
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🎉The Equity-Centred Community Engagement Toolkit from the @LeongCentre & @ICESOntario is now available! Co-designed with researchers, trainees & Community Engagement Specialists, this toolkit supports meaningful engagement in research.
Explore it here 👇leongcentre.utoronto.ca/reso…
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Scholars examining immigration and migration through the lens of aging and public policy are encouraged to submit their work to this special issue. Join an important discussion shaping the future of policy and practice. Abstracts due 7/1. academic.oup.com/ppar/pages/… @OUPAcademic
🧬 Healthy Aging Seminar: Dr. Arjumand Ghazi
Beyond Procreation: Splicing Fats at the Intersection of Immunity, Fertility & Aging
📅 June 15 | 11 AM PT
📍 UBC + Zoom
🍕 Free pizza lunch for registered in-person attendees
🔗 Register:
healthyaging.med.ubc.ca/even…
#HealthyAging #UBC
“Experience Matters.”
As BC Seniors’ Week comes to a close, we recognize the many contributions older adults make to our communities through leadership, caregiving, volunteering, mentorship, and lived experience.
Learn more from the BC Seniors Advocate @SrsAdvocateBC
Missed a Dialogue on Aging presentation?
🎥 Explore recordings from past talks on:
🌱 Empowered Aging
👂 Sensory Systems & Aging
🌎 Climate Change & Aging
🏥 Innovations in Care
🧬 Biology & Aging
🧠 Cognition, Memory & Aging
Watch the recordings: healthyaging.med.ubc.ca/even…
🎉 Congratulations to our 2026 Healthy Aging Summer Student Research Award recipients:
Emma Lo
Isabelle Chung
Emma Goucher
Maya Lehman
We’re excited to support their healthy aging research this summer!
healthyaging.med.ubc.ca/fund…
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Thank you to everyone who joined us for ELCHA Research Day 2026! 🎉
From trainee and faculty talks to workshops, networking, and trainee presentation awards, it was an inspiring day showcasing healthy aging research at UBC.
Congratulations to our award winners! 🏆
🎉 A new training program focused on genomics + aging biology is launching with support from a $1.65M NSERC CREATE grant.
AGEnomics, led by Dr. Stefan Taubert and collaborators at UBC + UVic, will help train the next generation of aging researchers.
#HealthyAging #UBC
🌱 Healthy Aging Seminar: Colin Milner @colinmilner
“What if we stopped designing systems around the assumption that aging means decline?”
Join us for:
From Decline to Potential: The Ripple Effect of Healthy Aging
🗓️ May 21 | 11 AM PT
📍 UBC + Online
🔗 healthyaging.med.ubc.ca/even…
🎉 Congratulations to ELCHA Investigator Dr. Brent Page on receiving a CIHR Institute of Aging Early Career Researcher Award.
His research focuses on developing new therapeutic strategies for Alzheimer’s disease.
🔗 healthyaging.med.ubc.ca/news…
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👨👩👧Stroke is more than a single event – it’s a lifelong journey. Join us on May 7 for a webinar exploring recovery, resilience & lived experiences from childhood through adulthood. This event is hosted in collaboration with the @UBCAging: zoom.us/meeting/register/WKK…
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🖥️Join the @LeongCentre Trainee Hub on May 20 for a workshop on getting started with community engagement in research! Learn how to identify interest holders and build a plan to involve them meaningfully: leongcentre.utoronto.ca/even…
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✨ Mark your calendar for May 7! Don’t miss this engaging webinar on Stroke Across the Lifecourse, presented in collaboration with the @UBCAging. The session brings together both clinical insight and lived experience: zoom.us/meeting/register/WKK…
